Meet Odder, the Queen of Play: Nobody has her moves. She doesn't just swim to the bottom, she dive-bombs. She doesn't just somersault, she triple-doughnuts. She doesn't just ride the waves, she makes them. Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry...

"Mia is spending her summer with her grandmother in a small Maine town, expecting it to be an oasis of stability in her changing life, but there is a new know-it-all boy next door, and soon she finds herself competing with Cayman in identifying an injured bird of prey--and pretty much everything else."--

Brenna, Maggie, and Zoe go to Florida to visit a manatee rescue center, where they learn about these endangered marine mammals. Originally published as Wild at heart series.

"Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat) has been the caretaker for Thor, the best skunk kit in the world...but the last day of third grade is quickly approaching, and Thor is almost ready to be released into the wild. The end of school also means that Bat has to say good-bye to his favorite teacher, and he worries about the summer care of Babycakes, their adorable class pet. Not only that, but his best friend is leaving for a long vacation in Canada....

Eleven-year-old December waits to sprout wings and fly away, until a new foster mother changes her perspective on home and family.--

Documents the uplifting story of an orphaned bear cub that was discovered in the Russian wilderness and rescued by two young scientists, who then pain-stakingly raised and trained him and two companion cubs to become wild bears that could survive on their own in the forest.

Follows four kits living at WildCare in San Rafael, California, as they experience rescue, recovery, rehabilitation, and release to the wild, where they belong.

Describes the work of John Walsh as he travels the world helping to save animals in Kuwait during the war with Iraq, the Kobe earthqake, and floods in Surinam.

A wounded falcon sparks a romance in northern Canada. It is shot down by a hunter who has been promised two thousand dollars by a taxidermist, but is saved by Michael Somers, a former convict. As he nurses the bird to health he attracts the attention of a mute boy, then his widowed mother, Susan Baker, and love follows. A first novel.

"Captured by cruel hunters because her scales are believed to have curative powers, Pangolina is saved by a small girl and her mother who buy her and set her free." --